ORDINANCE NO.  8305

 

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING, ADOPTING AND APPROPRIATING BY FUND THE

BUDGET OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR

BEGINNING JANUARY 1, 2009.

 

 

WHEREAS, the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, timely met and made in writing, on forms furnished by the Kansas Director of Accounts and Reports, a proposed budget, for the budget year 2009, setting forth all data, information and items required by K.S.A. 79-2927, as amended.

 

WHEREAS, on the 27th day of July, 2008,  the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, caused to be published, in accordance with K.S.A. 79-2929, in the Lawrence Journal-World, a daily newspaper of general circulation within Douglas County, Kansas, notice of a public hearing to be conducted on August 12, 2008, at 6:35 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter could be heard, at the City Commission Chambers, City Hall, Lawrence, Kansas, for the purpose of answering and hearing objections of taxpayers relating to the proposed budget and for the purpose of considering amendments to such proposed budget; and

 

WHEREAS, such public hearing was held at the time and place designated for the purposes stated, all as provided in the published notice of said hearing.

 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCE, KANSAS:

 

Section I.  The above stated recitals are by reference incorporated herein and made a part of this ordinance as if copied in length.

 

Section II.  The proposed budget and financial statement as shown on standard budget forms furnished by the Kansas Director of Accounts and Reports is approved and adopted as the maximum expenditures for the various funds for the budget year starting January 1, 2009.

 

Section III.  The Governing Body certifies that the amounts shown to be raised by ad valorem property tax levies are within statutory or duly adopted charter ordinance limitations; and,

 

Section IV.  The following is a summary of the budget:

 

 

 

ESTIMATED

TAX RATE*

AMOUNT OF

TAX LEVIED

ADOPTED BUDGET

OF EXPENDITURES

FUNDS

 

 

 

Tax Levy Funds:

 

 

 

General Operating

15.846

$13,639,415

$66,551,615

Recreation

0.483

415,741

3,699,126

Library

3.259

2,805,178

3,051,000

Bond and Interest

7.100

6,111,312

13,065,000

Total Taxes

26.688

$22,971,647

86,366,741

 

 

 

 

Non-Tax Levy Funds:

 

 

 

Enterprise Funds

 

 

 

Water and Sewer System

 

 

35,511,148

Public Parking System

 

 

1,154,287

Sanitation

 

 

11,285,542

Storm Water

 

 

3,516,606

Golf Course

 

 

1,113,172

Sub Total

 

 

52,580,755

 

 

 

 

Special Revenue Funds:

 

 

 

Transportation

 

 

2,425,484

Special Gas Tax

 

 

2,953,413

Special Recreation

 

 

590,105

Special Alcohol

 

 

577,150

Guest Tax

 

 

846,300

Sub Total

 

 

7,392,452

 

 

 

 

Total Adopted Budget of Expenditures

 

$146,339,948

* Levy rates are expressed in dollars/$1,000 assessed valuation.

The estimated assessed valuation is $860,748,146.

 

Section V.  The adopted 2009 budget shall be filed with the County Clerk of Douglas County, Kansas as provided by law.

 

PASSED by the Governing Body of the City of Lawrence, Kansas this _______ day of August, 2008.

 

Approved:

 

 

 

_________________________

Michael Dever, Mayor

 

Attest:

 

 

 

_________________________

Frank S. Reeb, City Clerk